At the Sprint One point Thomas De Gendt raced to the line to collect the major points, followed by Manuele Boaro and Jens Mouris.

By the 74 kilometre mark, the group had managed to stretch their lead by 4:40 minutes.

At the 90 kilometre mark the peloton had pulled the break group back to a 2:38 lead.

Tomas Marczynski lead the group into the Sprint Two points race, with UniSA's Calvin Watson second and Koen De Kort third, with the peloton just 1:48 behind.

The breakaway group were consumed by a second group at the bottom of Old Willunga Hill, as Movistar's Eros Capecchi claimed the first round of King of the Mountain points, followed by Jose Herrada and Guillaume Bonnafond.

On the second climb of the Old Willunga mountain Aussie Simon Gerrans broke with about one kilometre to go and went on to win Stage Five.